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Episode 2 — The Mooncake Festival
The Mooncake Festival
Narrator: Read aloud in-app — professional narration on the wayThree questions you can answer from listening alone. No need to peek at the transcript.
In paragraph 1, the word "embossed" most nearly means:
A. painted in bright colours
B. pressed with a raised design
C. wrapped in shiny paper
D. broken into pieces
When Mei "understood, in the careful way that children of her age sometimes do, that the rule was not really about mooncakes" — what is the writer suggesting?
A. Mei has realised the rule is silly
B. Mei has realised the rule is about patience and respect for tradition
C. Mei has realised her grandmother made up the rule
D. Mei has realised she does not like mooncakes
What is the effect of describing the moon as "pearl-white"?
A. It makes the moon sound dangerous and frightening
B. It makes the moon sound rare, precious and beautiful
C. It compares the moon to a planet
D. It tells the reader the moon is very small
Questions that need a second look at the printed passage. Switch to "Read along" mode if you haven't already.
Why does the writer end the passage with the line: "Suddenly, eating it slowly felt like the easiest thing in the world."?
A. To show that Mei is no longer hungry
B. To show that Mei now understands why slowness matters
C. To show that the mooncake is too hard to eat quickly
D. To show that Mei wants more mooncake
How is the passage organised?
A. It tells a single dramatic event from beginning to end
B. It contrasts the past with the present and ends with a moment of understanding
C. It is a series of letters between two characters
D. It lists the steps of how to bake a mooncake